Filling-machine.



- W. M. FOWLER FILLING MACHINE APPLICATION FILED JAN. 25. 1911.

Patented WITNESSES which can be adjuste'd for difie'rent size or UNITEDSTA ES PATE OFFICE.

WILLIAM M. FOWLER, OF SOUND BEACH, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO FOWLERBOTTLING- MACHINE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEWYORK.

F LLIN 'MAGHINE.

To all whom. it may concern: I

Be it known that I, VVILLIA M. FOWLER. a citizen of the United States,and a resident of SoundBeach, in the county of Fai'rfihld and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in.

Filling-Machines, of which the following is a specification, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of thesame.

This invention relates to filling machines and more particularly to onewhich consists of the minimum number of parts which can be readilyshipped and can be quickly set up and easily operated'by unskilledlabor.

It further relates to such a machine which will take up the minimumspace in the bottling or filling room, one which can be manufactured atthe minimum expense, and can be operated with any number of filler tipsdiameters of containers.

In the accompanying drawing I have shown an illustrative embodiment ofmy invention in which the same reference numerals refer to similar partsin the several figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved filling machine; Fig. 2 is afront elevation of a detail; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the bed; Fig. 4 is a horizontal section'on ;line H of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is ahorizontal section on line 5-5 of Fig. 1, the tray, bottles and bedbeing omitted;and Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view showing thepreferred form of casters which I preferably mount in the bed.

In the'illustrative embodiment of my invention shown 'in the drawing, 1is any suitable support for the filling machine such'as a table, shelfor bench. I

My filling machine includes a' base 2 of able manner, as for example bymeans of the screws 3, 3. On. the forward portion of by the downwardlyextending lugs 8, 8 con-- the base is a downwardly extending flange 4'towhieh is connected in any suitable man- 6 ner ashelf 5. On thisshelf- 5 I mount, in-

any suitable manner, 'a'pulley 6, on 'an axle 7 carried preferably,though not necessarily,

nected to the shelf 5. On the base 2 I preferably form a hollow boss 9which may be strengthened, if desired, bya fin 10. Pref- Specificationof Letters Patent;

erably, though not necessarily, the base is formed of one oasting,though itmay be formed of separate parts, if desired. \Vitlr in theaperture 11 in the hollow boss 9 I .standard or post 12 is slidably andadjustably mounted the head 14 which is secured in its adjusted positionon the post by any suitable means such as the set screw 15. A yoke 16 iscarried by the head and extends outfrom it, its end 17 being bent downto be substantially parallel to the head .14. Mounted in the head 14andin this end 17 of the yoke 16 are mounted one or more rods 18 and-19.While my -'device will operate with one rod, I- preferably use two suchrods to support the filler-head 20, 20, which are provided withapertures or openings to re eeive and cooperate with the rods 18 and 19,.the filler hcads20, 20 being adapted to be adjusted back and forth andwith relation PatentedDec. 12, 1911. Application filed .Tanuary' 25,1911. Serial No. 604,547.

to each other on the horizontal rods 18 and 19.

\Vhile, of course, my filling machine will to be understood t at myinvention covers one or more such filler heads, two being shown simplyfor purposes of illustration. The upper ends of the filler heads may, insome cases, be provided-with lateral bosses 21 which act as. spacers,though these may be omitted, if desired. 1 On thelower portion 28 of thefiller heads 20, 20 I secure filler tips 22, 22of an ap provedconstruction and of any suitable capacity for the particular. work to bedone. rcferably' these filler tips 22,22 are the same as thoseillustrated, described and claimed in my United States Letters PatentNo. 783,189, patented Feb. 21, 1905 and therefore willnot-be furtherdescribed. Supported .on the head in any suitable manner I mountthefiller pipe 24: and the exhaust or overflow pipe 25. Preferablythesepipes 24 "and-25 are carried by an arm 26 which is referably,though not necessarily, forme integral with the head 14. An economicalmanner of securing the pipes to the arm 26 is to perforate the armtoreceive the different pipes and then secure the filler, pipe 24: tothe arm '26 by means of jam 2 igoi fiee 'nuts 27, 27, while similar jamnuts 28, 28 arev employed to secure the exhaust or overflow pipe 25.

To one end of the filler pipe24 is secured the feed pipe29 which ispreferably formed flexible as of hose, so as not to interfere with theready adjustment of the head 14 on the post 12 which is necessarytoaccommodate bottles or other containers of difl'erent heights. Asimilar flexible hose 30 is connected to the end of the exhaust oroverflow pipe 25. i

To the filler pipe 24 is conneoted a second 783,189) to the exhaust orover ow pipe 25' and thence to the ipe 30 which not only prevents anyloss oi the material being fed to the containers, but prevents theoverflow from dripping on the bottles or other containers which mightstainor soil them.

" This drip would be particularly objectionable if they are labeledbefore being filled.

I mount vertical arms 34, 34in any suitable manner on the base 2toco6perate with similar vertical arms 35, 35 carried by the bed 36.Connected in any suitable manner as by the screws 39., 39't0 the arms34, 34 are bent fingersor guides 37, 37. Their free ends 38, 38 arevbent down and slidably hold the arms 35, 35 and 34, 34 together. A stem40 is also connected to the bed 36 being mounted preferably between thelower ends of the arms 35, 35.- Any suitable flexible connection, asforexample-a'chain 41, is connected to the stem 40 'and is then passed upover the pulley 6, its other en passingaround a pin 42, carried by thetreadle 43, the free end 44 of the chain being then connected to. one ofthe links of the chain pref-.

' erably by a hook 45, after the treadle has been properly adjusted.This treadle is separate from the base and includes an upright 46 whichis secured to the floor, beneath the filling machine and bench 1, in anysuitable manner as by means of the screws 47, 47.

The operation ofthe filling machine is extremely simple. The containers48, 48. to be filled are placed on thebed 36 andelevated by pressingonthe treadle"43- until the stems 49, 49 have entered the containers andtheir necks51. 51' have. engaged with the sealing fianges-50,"50- andoperate the filler tips 22, 22 in the manner, fully described in myformer-patent referred to;

'Pressure on the treadle' 43 is then easedand the bed 36.permitted'tofall back on the shelf 5'by its own gravity. .This willclear.

the ends of the "stems49, 49 permitting the filled containers to beremoved and empty ones substituted.

Preferably to savetimeand cost in handling the bottles or othercontainers 48, all preferably of the same size, are packed in a tray 52which is placed on the bed 36 and as one row or file of bottles or othercontainers 48, 43 have been filled and the bed '36 brought back to reston the shelf 5, the

entire tray is moved-across the bed 36 a sufficient distance tobring thenecks 5.1, 51 of the-next file or row of bottles in line with the stems49, 49' when pressure on the treadle .will again lift the bed 36 and theentire tray 52 until that row or file of bottles has been filled, and soon until all the rows or files of bottles in that tray have been filledwhen a new tray of empty containers is substituted and the steps justdescribed repeated.

To permit the more ready movementof the tray 52 on the bed 36, I may insome cases mount casters either on the trays or on the bed 36.Preferably, I mount the casters in the bed 36. These may be of'anyapproved form, but preferably they com-. prise a thimble 55 having a'flange '56 which is mounted in an opening in the bed-36.

Within the thimble 55 I mount on an axle 58 a roller or wheel 57 so thatits periphery will extendslightly above the plane of the bed 36,permitting the trays 52 torest di rectly on a plurality of these rollers'or wheels.

When it is'necessary to sh ft from onev -diameter of bottles or othercontainers to another" diameter, either greater or less than that whichthe machine has just been filling, it is merely necessary to adjust thefiller heads 20, 20 on the rods 18 and 19, to

or fromeach other, as the case may be, when the filling operation can beinstantly renewed with bottles of a different diameter or contour.

As I have illustrated my inventionthe tray 52 would contain files orrows of bot-' tles, two bottles to a row because there are determined ythe number of bottles or containers in each row or file in. the tray,there being preferably one filler tip for each bot'-' tle in each roworfile. -This is not absolutely necessary, however, as the traycanbe'turned andagain passed beneath the fillertips to fill the emptybottles, if there are-not enough filler tips tofill all the bottles ineachrow or file as theyl-first pass beneath the. I

head 14. g.

Having thus described this invention. in

.connection with an illustrative embodiment thereof to the details ofwhich I do not desire to be limited, what is claimed as new and what itis desired to secure by Letters Patent is set forth in the appendedclaims.

1. A knock down filling machine comprising a base, a removable standardor post secured to the base, and an adjustable and removable headcarried by the standard or post, a movable and removable bed supportedby the base, one or more rods carried by the head, one or more fillerheads adjustable on said rods, one or more filler tips, one for eachhead, and means to elevate the bed.

2. In a filling machine, the combination of a base provided with ahollowboss and a depending flange, guide arms and a shelf carried by thebase, a. pulley'carried by the shelf, a bed having arms to cooperatewith those carried by the base and a stem, flexible means connected withthe 'stem and passing over the pulley and connected to a treadle, atreadle, a post or standard carried by the boss, and. filling mechanism,carried by the head.

In a filling machine, the combination of a base provided with a hollowboss and a depending flange, guide arms and a shelf carried by the base,a pulleycarried by the shelf, a bed. having arms to cooperate with thosecarried by the base and a stem, flexible means connected with the stemand passing over the pulley and connected to a treadle, a treadle, apost or standard carried bv the boss, and one or more laterally ad-'justable filler heads carried by the head and a filler tip for eachfiller head.

4. In a filling machine, the combination of a base provided with ahollow boss and a depending flange, guide arms and a shelf carried bythe base, a pulley carried by the shelf, a bed havin arms to cooperatewith those carried by t e base and a stem, flexible means connected withthe stem and passing over the pulley and connected to a treadle, atreadle, a post or standard carried by the boss, a yoke mounted on thehead, one or more rods carried by the head and yoke, one or more fillerheads adjustable on said rods, and a filler tip for each filler head.

5. An article of manufacture comprising a head for afilling-machineincluding a hollow member to receive a post or standard, a yokeconnected to said member, one or more rods carried by the yoke andhollow member, and one or more filler heads slidably mounted on said rodor rods.

(5. An article of manufacture comprising a head for a filling. machineincluding a hollow member to receive a post or standard, and providedwith an arm, filler and ex haust pipes carried by said arm, a yokeconnected to said hollow member, one or more rods carried by the yokeand by the hollow member, one or more tiller heads slidably andadjustably mounted on the rod or rods, and separate pipe connectionsfrom the filler head or heads to the filler and exhaust or overflowpipes.

\Vl LL l A M M. l( )WLER,

Witnesses:

ALAN M. Jormson, Rose MEN-it.

